Kling is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kling
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning: In German Klinge means a blade or sword

How popular is Kling?

Kling is common in Germany.

Kling is ranked 17043 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kling bearers increased by 7.378532 per cent in 2010 US census to 7713 since 2000, the surname slipped by 63 spots and ranked at 4598. The last name was found in around 26 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.47 96.13
Hispanic or Latino 2.31 1.35
Others 1.53 1.18
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.27 0.67
Black 1.05 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.38 0.21
Kling is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Sweden is ahead in terms of density. Around 30795 people have been found who wears Kling as their family name. Kling is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
11,392 Slovakia3
32,086 Mexico3
2,967 Vietnam3
28,083 Romania2
6,266 Luxembourg2
4,744 Macedonia2
26,123 Malaysia2
175 Åland2
20,595 China2
21,529 Singapore2
9,185 Hong Kong2
123,175 Tanzania1
19,810 Croatia1
3,993 El Salvador1
37,779 Serbia1
573 Vanuatu1
28,365 Kenya1
2,309 Monaco1
29,046 Japan1
2,724 New Caledonia1
31,207 Ireland1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
38,841 Scotland1
7,895 South Korea1
3,586 Honduras1
42,479 Greece1
17,236 Ghana1
12,270 Lebanon1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,674 Spain44
119,358 Ukraine32
21,901 Chile27
258,559 Indonesia24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
886 United States Virgin Islands18
60,256 Czech Republic15
35,676 Kyrgyzstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,560 Finland97
14,725 Peru85
7,609 Denmark79
85,668 Italy56
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Kling:
21,994 Russia748
2,595 Austria419
6,649 Netherlands416
4,441 Colombia402
3,160 Hungary393
15,860 Poland382
17,476 South Africa347
18,059 Argentina299
17,171 Canada213
5,220 Israel212
12,731 Kazakhstan210
5,798 Switzerland207
16,037 Australia165
30,207 England151
7,291 Norway105
Countries with thousands of Kling:
4,463 United States8,951
397 Sweden2,792
8,157 Brazil1,701
7,286 France1,200
Countries with ten thousands of Kling:
614 Germany10,860
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Christan Kling was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 11, 1851. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Midas from Liverpool.

Comments

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Shelby Albury
Kling is a very widespread family name in Alsace, represents a topographic name and locality name designating a forest parade, a rustling source, characteristic of the area.

Kling Namesakes

  • Henrik Klingenberg, Keyboardist
  • Alea Kling, Anja Kling's daughter
  • Angelika Klingel, Politician
  • Anja Kling, Actress
  • Annette Klingenberg, Musician
  • Stanley Arba Kling, Author
  • Heinz Klingenberg, Film actor
  • Moogy Klingman, Musician
  • Odd Sverressøn Klingenberg, Barrister
  • Alf Klingenberg, Musical Artist
  • In 2014, Leo Kling portrayed the role of Homeless Man in drama film When the World's on Fire.
  • In 2020, Marc-Uwe Kling characterized the role of Narrator and Känguru in comedy film Die Känguru-Chroniken.

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